“From
the floodwaters of New Orleans to the backwaters of the Fens, this
is one Yank’s story of survival.”

Battling
Katrina and
Other Nasty Water Nymphs

Laissez
les Bon Temps Rouler

Fresh off
the boat from Louisiana, Steven Young, a recent UK transplant, tells
the very personal tragi-comic tale of the Katrina disaster. From
the vibrant pre-hurricane New Orleans and the fascination of the
“bead culture,” through the disaster and aftermath,
audiences laugh and gasp at Young’s tales of Katrina’s
effects on the Crescent City and the psyche of the United States.

Interwoven
with his personal observations of life in modern-day England, Young,
who can trace his British heritage back to the reformation, comments
on life as an American in Lincolnshire. Trained as a classical Shakespearian
actor with a strong gift for the written word, Young’s theatrical
delivery reaches out to grab audiences moving them to laughter and
tears.

Young’s
show is part of the Free Fringe, where the ratio of coin to paper
in the donation bucket at the end of the show is the true measure
of comic genius. Not one to leave his fate to chance, in the act’s
grand finale Young calls on his ancestors – a long line of
Holy Roller Baptist preachers – for divine intervention. Patrons
of Battling Katrina and Other Nasty Water Nymphs parting with folding
money will find themselves initiated into the bead culture with
genuine New Orleans Mardi Gras medallion, labeling the wear forever
as a Friend of Steve. “God doesn’t want your repentance.
He wants a fiver.”

“This
man is a comic genius. If this man was on TV I would stay at home
and switch on the normally disappointing box.”http://www.knuts-club.co.uk/images/pastshows/2006/comedy_night_30sept.htm

“…the
funniest production I have ever seen…”Chicago Arts and Entertainment, Greg Butler